adj
Meaning 1
Suitable for some particular purpose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- This would be an opportune spot for a picnic.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
opportune
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ɒ.pəˈt͡ʃ(j)uːn/
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US: /ˌɑ.pɚˈt͡ʃuːn/
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US: /-tjuːn/
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adj
Meaning 2
At a convenient or advantageous time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The opportune arrival of the bus cut short the boring conversation.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an opportune place to make camp
- an opportune arrival
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: inopportune
History
Etymology
From Old French opportun, from Latin opportunus.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: подходящ (podhodjašt) — suitable
- Catalan: oportú — suitable
- Chinese Mandarin: 恰當 /恰当 (qiàdàng) — suitable
- Chinese Mandarin: 適當 /适当 (shìdàng) — suitable
- Chinese Mandarin: 合適 /合适 (héshì) — suitable
- Danish: passende — suitable
- Danish: opportun — suitable
- Dutch: passend — suitable
- Dutch: geschikt — suitable
- Esperanto: konvena — suitable
- Esperanto: oportuna — suitable
- German: geeignet — suitable
- German: passend — suitable
- Hungarian: időszerű — suitable
- Icelandic: heppilegur — suitable
- Italian: opportuno — suitable
- Italian: adatto — suitable
- Italian: appropriato — suitable
- Japanese: 適切 (tekisetsu) — suitable
- Portuguese: adequado — suitable
- Portuguese: apropriado — suitable
- Portuguese: conveniente — suitable
- Romanian: oportun — suitable
- Romanian: potrivit — suitable
- Romanian: adecvat — suitable
- Russian: подходящий (podxodjaščij) — suitable
- Spanish: oportuno — suitable
- Swedish: lämplig — suitable
- Turkish: uygun — suitable
- Ukrainian: доре́чний (doréčnyj) — suitable
- Ukrainian: підходя́щий (pidxodjáščyj) — suitable
- Volapük: pötik — suitable
- Bulgarian: навременен (navremenen) — at a convenient time
- Catalan: oportú — at a convenient time
- Chinese Mandarin: 恰逢其時的 /恰逢其时的 (qiàféngqíshí de) — at a convenient time
- Chinese Mandarin: 及時 /及时 (jíshí) — at a convenient time
- Danish: belejlig — at a convenient time
- Danish: opportun — at a convenient time
- Dutch: gelegen — at a convenient time
- Dutch: gunstig — at a convenient time
- Esperanto: ĝusttempa — at a convenient time
- French: opportun — at a convenient time
- German: günstig — at a convenient time
- German: gelegen — at a convenient time
- Ancient Greek: εὔκαιρος (eúkairos) — at a convenient time
- Irish: ócáideach — at a convenient time
- Irish: tráthúil — at a convenient time
- Italian: opportuno — at a convenient time
- Italian: giusto — at a convenient time
- Italian: appropriato — at a convenient time
- Latin: opportūnus — at a convenient time
- Manx: traaoil — at a convenient time
- Portuguese: oportuno — at a convenient time
- Russian: своевременный (svojevremennyj) — at a convenient time
- Swedish: läglig — at a convenient time
- Ukrainian: своєча́сний (svoječásnyj) — at a convenient time
- Volapük: koveniälik — at a convenient time